What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety and Compliance Director position at US11345-AIRGAS Airgas USA, LLC?
Location:
Tampa, FL - West - Management - Regional OfficeHow will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
Join Airgas, The leading supplier of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, as our Regional Director of Safety & Compliance to drive safety initiatives and ensure regulatory compliance across our regional locations in the industrial gas industry. With a rich legacy in the gas industry, Airgas is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards in safety, compliance, and operational excellence.Key Responsibilities:
- Safety Champion and promote a strong safety and compliance culture at Airgas, a key player in the industrial gas sector.
- Lead the regional Safety team, ensuring performance targets are met.
- Collaborate with division safety leadership on regional regulatory issues.
- Participate in the Airgas Emergency Response Operations (AERO) Team.
- Analyze data to evaluate initiative effectiveness and implement action plans.
- Direct innovative safety training programs and audits on standard operating procedures.
- Establish and implement regional safety goals, overseeing incident investigations.
- Continuously with divisional leadership on all Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) issues within the industrial gas industry.
- Guide regulatory compliance with DHS, OSHA, DOT, FDA, and EPA requirements specific to the industrial gas sector.
- Manage & DOT annual driver MVR process and coordinate EPA reporting.
- Empower location managers and associates to lead safety efforts.
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Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 8 years of safety & compliance experience in the industrial gas production and/or distribution environment.
- Detailed understanding of state and federal safety regulations in the industrial gas sector.
- CSP (Certified Safety Professional) certification preferred.
_ Multi Site Safety Management a plus
Skills & Abilities:
- Great passion for driving safety initiatives with a goal of zero recordable injuries.
- Strong valuable strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Great organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills within the industrial gas industry.
- Openness to change, flexibility, and adaptability.
- Ability to motivate teams and manage multiple projects.
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Office applications.
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
- Some regional travel required (up to 50%) with occasional overnight stays.
- Reliable transportation necessary.
Benefits
We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays.
We provide a progressive parental leave package for our Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children. Birth mothers receive 14 weeks of leave at 100% pay, while other eligible associates receive up to 2 weeks of birth partner leave.
Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Join Airgas and play a vital role in fostering a culture of safety and compliance in the industrial gas sector.
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We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.
We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.
Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
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Your differences enhance our performance
At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.
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